Los últimos hijos de Constantinopla

The story begins in the projects of the South Bronx, New York. There we will meet Sarah Williams, a single mother of twin girls Michelle and Miranda and son Jason. The Williams' family struggles to break the cycle of poverty in the face of gangs, drugs, and prostitution. Jason, the youngest attemtps to assert his role as "man of the house," but is overwhelmed by the task at hand. Thinking that he is just one more mouth to feed, he leaves in the middle of the night and begins his life on the streets of New York city. We follow Jason as he negotiates his new world. With the thought the he will...

Un clásico que ha encantado a millones de lectores de todo el mundo. La señora Mike nos transporta hasta el espectacular y terrible escenario de los territorios del noroeste americano, donde transcurre la conmovedora historia de amor entre Katherine Mary O’Fallon y el sargento de la policía montada Mike Flannigan.

Two inseparable cousins around 12 years of age, Ceporro and Chino, live in the large flat that belongs to their grandmother after the Civil War. Don Rodolfo, who used to go sparring with Uzkudun, gives them boxing classes. Echoes of the Second World War, Field Marshal Rommel and the Nippon Empire provide the backdrop to the story, and then a young German girl, an orphan and a refugee, appears out of nowhere. As well as being a beautiful story about saying goodbye to childhood, its greatest achievement is the voice of its narrator, Ceporro the tireless charlatan.

Micaela es una niña inteligente y valiente, pero no sabe cómo convertir sus sueños en realidad. Su principal obstáculo es el miedo al fracaso. Menos mal que tiene a su abuelo, quien la acompañará durante ese rudo camino de aprendizaje para gestionar bien cada situación y alcanzar cualquier meta que se proponga. RESEÑA DE EDITOR: El poder de los sueños y de la autoconfianza en "La magia de Micaela". Muchas personas adultas no se ponen metas altas simplemente porque no creen en sí mismas lo suficiente, y porque están convencidos de que los sueños no se hacen realidad, o simplemente...